ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373464
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Date: | Sunday 8 March 1987 |
Time: | 11:00 LT |
Type: | Resney COMMANDER 447 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N447MR |
MSN: | 3496360 |
Total airframe hrs: | 40 hours |
Engine model: | ROTAX 532 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lansing, IL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lansing, IL (3HA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE ACFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. THE ACC PLT OFFERED TO FLY THE ACFT OUT. HE HAD 30 MIN OF DUAL FLT IN THIS TYPE ACFT. HE SAT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ACFT FOR THE FLT WHICH RESULTED IN AN UNBALANCED CONDITION. THE ACFT ENTERED A LEFT TURN DURING TAKEOFF THAT WAS NOT CORRECTED AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A STEEP LEFT BANK. PLTS EXPERIENCED WITH THIS TYPE ACFT INDICATED THAT A PLT FLYING ALONE IN THIS ACFT WOULD NEED TO SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BENCH SEAT AND ALSO KEEP HIS WEIGHT FORWARD INSTEAD OF LEANING BACK TO GET THE NORMAL CONTROL RESPONSE.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI87DEE05 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI87DEE05
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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